Cover reveal: 'Being Sloane Jacobs' by Lauren Morrill

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It's Cover Reveal Day at HEA! Hey, that has a nice ring, doesn't it? Today we get to check out the cover of Lauren Morrill's upcoming contemporary YA, Being Sloane Jacobs, which comes out Jan. 7, 2014. Publishers Weekly called Lauren's first book, Meant to Be, "entertaining and quick-witted." I have a feeling that Lauren herself is pretty entertaining and quick-witted. And the plot of Being Sloane Jacobs sounds like a fun mashup of Ice Castles (oh, Robby Benson, how I loved thee!) and The Parent Trap. (Clicking on the blue arrow in the lower right corner of the cover will enlarge the image for a better view.) Even better: We have Lauren here to share her thoughts ...

Lauren: Being Sloane Jacobs is about two girls with the same name, but very different lives, who meet by chance and decide to swap places for the summer. It has everything my readers love: comedy, romance, and heart. And today, I finally get to share the cover with all of you!

I was so happy to find out that Heather Dougherty, who designed the Meant to Be cover, was taking on the Being Sloane Jacobs cover. The Meant to Be cover has been such a huge hit, so Heather did a great job taking some of the design elements from Meant to Be and carrying them through to the Sloane cover. Being Sloane Jacobs is set in Montreal, so the cover shows off the city's skyline, along with an absolutely adorable couple ... is it Sloane Emily or Sloane Devon on the cover? It's up to the reader to decide!

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What I love about this cover is that I think it takes the standard YA cover and twists it, with the color overlay and the city skyline, so that it really leaps off shelves. What do you think? Hop on Twitter and let me know by tweeting @LaurenEMorrill.

Here's a more detailed snapshot of the plot, courtesy of publisher Delacorte Press/Random House:

Meet Sloane Emily Jacobs: a seriously stressed-out figure skater from Washington, D.C., who choked during junior nationals and isn't sure she's ready for a comeback. What she does know is that she'd give anything to escape the mass of misery that is her life. Now meet Sloane Devon Jacobs, a spunky ice hockey player from Philly who's been suspended from her team for too many aggressive hip checks. Her punishment? Hockey camp, now, when she's playing the worst she's ever played. If she messes up? Her life will be over.

When the two Sloanes meet by chance in Montreal and decide to trade places for the summer, each girl thinks she's the lucky one: no strangers to judge or laugh at Sloane Emily, no scouts expecting Sloane Devon to be a hero. But it didn't occur to Sloane E. that while avoiding sequins and axels she might meet a hockey hottie — and Sloane D. never expected to run into a familiar (and very good-looking) face from home. It's not long before the Sloanes discover that convincing people you're someone else might be more difficult than being yourself.